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Book Launch: 'A Taiwanese Ecoliterature Reader' As part of the 'Global Taiwan—Literature and Translation Workshop', Dr Ian Rowen and Dr Ti-Han Chang introduce the new edited volume, 'A Taiwanese Ecoliterature Reader'.
The RAMP University Network The University Network for Strengthening Macro-financial Resilience to Climate and Environmental Change.
Re-contextualising colonial conflicts: first Anglo-Burmese War from the Konbaung perspective The seminar aims to discuss one of the deadliest and least known colonial wars from multiple perspectives, with a focus on how the Konbaung Court of Ava saw and managed it in 1824-1826.
Repentance ritual in East Asian Buddhism Join us for a discussion between several scholars and practitioners exploring the performance of repentance in East Asian Buddhism.
The Excremental Imagination: Disgust, Compassion, and Laughter in Medieval Japan Join us for the Meiji Jingu Autumn Lecture 2025, in which Prof Rajyashree Pandey takes us on a journey into uncharted territory, tracking the presence of faecal matter in the diverse narratives of medieval Japan.
Honorary Asma Khan in Time’s top 100 most influential people SOAS Honorary Doctor Asma Khan, a renowned chef and owner of London's well-known restaurant, Darjeeling Express, has been acknowledged in Time magazine's esteemed list of the 100 Most Influential People.